Curtain fixture



April 22, 1930. E. E. wHlTMoRE CURTAIN FIXTURE Filed Jan. 4, 1929 Nm, Nm.. QM. mw

y 0h [ail/mdf 14h/#720mg rlaiterited Apr. 22, 19530 or yCmd/tecaIIiLINoI-s A CORPORATION criminels 'A CURTAIN FIXTURE' y Appucatormea'ianuary4 1929. Yseringue.l 330,170.

. rl`his invention has todo with curtain fix-V tures of'v the typewhere'in? the curtain to which the iixture is attached constantly tends to Wind up 'oni a roller undergthe action" ofa torsion spring and' the 'fixture is mounted 1n the lower-end of the curtain andis provided 'y with-retractable members' 'which' engage friction'ally -ivithinguidesj at the. sides of the frame -lto prevent the curtain.L from being' wound upg. 1 vf f. :The principal object ofi the v'invention i'sj to-providev an improved curtain fixture ofthe 'Y type described which Vwill hold a curtain et'-VY fectivelyin is to provide a curtain fixture of novel con-fv fixture y 25 -herein lforfvthe, purpose, otexemplification,

vany desired positionl and lwill not rattle. H

Another important object ofthe invention struction, arrangement and opera-tion which is inexpensive to manufacture andwill last.;A Y l l f y Y' "oftheheads and bear againsttwojrings 28 advantages of; theL inl ventioii will be apparent to I those skilled i inv indefinitely. Other- 'objects 'and the art upon'a full understanding' of the new :One Aforinfof the invention is presented l but it will ofcoursebe appreciated that the invention is'v vsusceptible oi embodiment inV yother structurally I modified forms coming within the' sccpeofthe rappended. claims. Y y V A In the accompanying drawing: y

equally ,'Fig. l is a top'view oftheixture; il vFig. -2 is' a side view ofthe Same;

AFig. 3l is a sectional view through one endV Vot 'the fixture both V- ends being the same,

showing the guide grippingl member in nreleased Vposition and Fig. l is a correspond cased within the lower end. ofl a springwoun'd curtain.,r Thetube carries two heads llfa'nd 12 which are` adapted to ,ride 'up vand kdown in` two grooved guides 13 and lfl at, tached to the opposite sidesof the associated" window frame. The heads are provided with tubular portions. 15 which sli'dably` tit within Y ing'view, showing the guidegripping member-fini. operating p o-V' Env/#Ann nWHI'rMon-nor. CHICAGO,vinnrnorslnssienon .To THE ADLAKE coli/Lparir;Y f

the ends of the tube, and withnupper and-- lowerrollers 16V which are adapted to'bear without friction` against v.the bottoms ofthev f grooves in-fthe guides.. The Iheads i are pressed outwardly with respect totheends off the tubes by coil' Vsprings 17 `v`whiclrare compressed against the inner endsof the tubular por-L tions of'theheads and other washers v19 Y seated against the. outer sides of 'constrictions 20' in thetube.v

between vwashersl18 seated The ,tube also carries two rods 21 and 22.5y The inner ends of they rods yare in screwv threaded engagement withv two finger pieces 23 nand 24- wh-ich.prOJeCtthrOugh axially velongated slots fand 26* in a plate 27 se` cured to the tubeover an'y'o'pening ,in the and 29V whichare loosely confined within the heads. .The rods are pressed outwardlywith Y' l respect to the' vtube by means of ooilsprings 30. which are v`compressed between Vv vashers 31 seated against the inner sides otenlarge!y ments 32 on the `rods and other. wa'shers vseated against the outer ends of alining mein#vv ber 'Bil'in' the tube at Vthe center of Vthe saine.y

The' rods 2l and 22 are movable.independgv 'entl'y of the heads, and vice Versa,but thef extent of relative. movement' therebetvveeifi"v .is l'imitedrby means of pins-35 which extend.

- ydiametrically through. the rods. into axially p elongated slots 36' in thel tubular portions otthe'headsl v' f f The rings *28, and v29 areto y a certain lextent free t0" Shift' about vin rthe -.'headS,.--:b,ut alie Y j limited in their movement by means of center` pinsSY and u'ppei'f'a'nd' lower pins 38 and), :di all. of" which lpins extend-r 'crosswise of' the".

heads and are'.rigidly-secured to kthe Vside`v Wallstliereof; The center pins pass through l they openings inthe rings, and serve, when i the heads are removed from the guides, to limit the outward movementfot the rings under the spring'rpressure applied ,thereto through thejrods.A Tlielowe'r pinsconstitute Vstops for the rings when the sameare pressed vby the endsof the rodsl into "frictional en -,Yy easement with the bottoms @fthe groove/Sin roe A ,i

the guides and forced downwardly by the tendency of the curtain toV move upwardly. The upper pins perform the same function as the lower pins if any downward force isy applied to the lower end of the cuitain ,without the finger pieces having first been pinched together to release the frictional engagement afforded by the fixture. The upper pins also render the heads reversible without af! the finger pieces arepinched together, the

outer ends of the rods withdraw'froin engagement with the rings, and the latter move back into the heads out of bindingengage-V ment wth Vthe `bott-oms of the grooves in the guides, f Villieii theiinger pieces are released, at any desired elevation of the lower end of the curtain, the rings aregiinniediately forced vby b'oth the spring action on the rods and the spring action on the curtain into fric-tional engagement w'th the bottoms of the grooves in the guides against the lower pins in the heads, thereby effectively preventing the curtain from moving'upwardly'.

I claim: Y V1.- ln aY curtain fixture,- a tube adapted to wound window curtain, outwardly spring pressed heads at the ends ofthe tube adapted to engage with guides at the sidesY of the frame in which thev curtain is mounted, outwardly spring-pressed "rods extending through the tube into the heads, and members confined loosely within the heads at the'endsV of Vthe rods for frictional engagement with the guides under the pressure exertedthereon by the rods.

Y2in/:a curtain nXture, a tuberadapted tobe secured to the lower rend of a spring-wound KVwindow curtain, outwardlyv springpressed heads at theends of the tube adapted to en- Vgage with guides at the sides ofthe frame in which the'curtain is mounted, outwardly spring-pressed rods extending through the tube into the lieads`,'and rings confinedv loosely within the heads at the endsrof the rods for frictional engagement with the guides undor'the pressure exerted thereon by the rods'.

3. In a curtain fixture, a tube adaptedV to Y be secured to the lower end lof a spring-'wound window curtain, outwardly spring-pressed heads' at the ends of the tube adapted to en*A gage with guides at the VsidesV of the frame in which the curtain is mounted, outwardly site an@ aie helas, feige possesses-vines V al engagement with the guides under the spring-pressed rods extending through vthe f tube into the heads, rings positioned within vthe heads at the ends of the rods for frictional engagement with the guides under the pres-sure exerted thereon by the rods, and pins extendingcrosswise ofthe heads above, below, and through the rings for limiting the movement of the rings when the latter are forced outwardly by the ends of the-rods.

5; Ina Vcurtain xture, atube adapted to be lsecured'to thelower endof a springwound window curtain, outwardly spring-pressed heads at the ends of the tube adapted to` engage with guides at the sides ofthe frameY in whichV the curtain is mounted, outwardlyv spring-pressed rods extending. through the tube in the heads, rings positioned within` the heads at the ends of the rods for frictional engagement with the guides under the pressure exerted thereon by the rods, pins ex-V tending crosswise of theV heads throughl the Y rings for limiting the outward movement of f be secured to the lower end of a springf the rings, and other pins extending crosswise of the head below the rings for holding the rings in wedging positions when forced outwardly bythe ends. of the rods into engagement with thefguides. a

Vln witness whereof VI have hereunto sub-V scribed my name.-

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spring-presses 'rods extending througi iii-e heads at theends'cf the rods fer fracties# I 

